Dickey's Barbecue Pit

4 fastest-growing proteins on menus

By Lizzy Freier on Jun. 12, 2017

Restaurants are increasingly adding a common pulled pork cut, a Spanish sausage, a trash fish and an upscale beef product to their menus.

Technology

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Elon Musk insults edition

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 18, 2017

The Thomas Edison of our time has no lock on technological breakthroughs. Check out the leaps that were clocked this week alone in the restaurant business. Hearing footsteps, Elon?

Workforce

Texas' post-Harvey restaurant problem: Not enough cars

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 26, 2017

Employees are struggling to get to work because their vehicles were destroyed, forcing restaurants to get creative.

Operations

Dickey's gives self-delivery a try

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 26, 2018

The leap from reliance on third parties was eased by the brand's considerable presence in catering, according to the chain.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

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